Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 892

State of Kuwait · Penal Law · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

The offense of forgery of an official document. It is not required that the document be issued by the employee competent to draw it up. Its establishment requires only the creation of a document modeled on an official document, whenever the fabricated document has the form and appearance of an official document and its creation is attributed to an employee competent - 246 - Penal to draw it up, to create the impression of its official character, even if it was not actually issued by that employee.
Arabic original
جريمة التزوير في المحرر الرسمي. عدم اشتراط صدور المحرر من الموظف المختص بتحريره. يكفي لتحققها إنشاء محرر على غرار المحرر الرسمي متى كان للمحرر المصطنع شكل المحرر الرسمي ومظهره مع نسبة إنشائه لموظف مختص - ٢٤٦ - الجزاء بتحريره للإيهام برسميته حتى ولو لم يصدر عنه حقيقة.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٨٠/١٩٨٧ جزائي جلسة ١٢/١٠/١٩٨٧ القسم الثاني المجلد الرابع ص٢١٤) (والطعن ٤١/١٩٩٦ جزائي جلسة ١٨/١١/١٩٩٦ القسم الثالث المجلد الرابع ص١٨٨)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Penal Law — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 246. PDF pages: 243–244.

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